The 1916 battle, which involved three armies and three empires, “scarred the British national psyche” and is still misunderstood. William Philpott, who lectures on military history at King’s ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN)-- Three African armies launched a raid on a rebel camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the three armies announced on Monday. Congo's national army joined Ugandan forces ...

That is the fatal flaw of Bush’s policy.” America’s three armies in Iraq exceed a quarter of a million. It is a commitment of people and money that is comparable to the Vietnam war.

But McCausland and other historians say that throughout the history of warfare, there are at least three reasons why armies lose the will to fight. He says he commanded a battalion during the Gulf ...